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 Review by: ArturoRoxMySox See others by this writer Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on September 16th 2005
This is the sophomore effort coming straight from the lead singer of the infamous Get Up Kids. Para Toda Vida and the band in general goes after a different audience than that of any Get Up Kids album (besides maybe On A Wire). 'For Every Life' is an appropriate name for these 10 acoustic ballads.
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'my old man had a pistol' is one of my favorite songs still to this day. I really like this CD, but then I reckon On A Wire was the get Up Kids' second best album. And since the chances of Matt Pryor solo sounding anything like Something To Write Home About are pretty slim, I'll take this any day of the week. the first track on this cd is amazing. the rest of it i found to be fairly forgettable i had this album and sold it...i remember it being so incredibly boring "Picture in the Paper" is a really good tribute to Paul Westerberg's "Skyway." Atleast check out that song if you dig the Replacements. This is a kinda boring/kinda solid type deal. i normally dont make comments to put down reviewers....but this is the worst review ive read on this site. This album is better than any Get Up Kids album, ever. Such a great collection of folk tunes. This reviewer needs to not look at this trying to find more GUK songs, but rather some folky greatness. what exactly is the point of reviewing a record that came out 3 years ago that you didn't even really like? Thanks. I wasn't trying to be mean or anything but I honestly only know a handful of TGUK stuff and none of the solo work. The review just confused me and made me less interested than when I clicked the link. Still I don't know if I'd buy this stuff, maybe if I found it in the used bin...but that's where I buy 95% of my music. Dante, this is Matt Pryor of TGUK's solo project. It's an all-acoustic album, mostly mid to lower tempo stuff. They're all more or less the same formula, but it's a solid one. They started as a full band type deal, with "Never You Mind," and this is the first album with only Pryor. Wait...So is this a TGUK album? Or an album from the lead singer of TGUK? Or what? I don't understand. All this review talks about is TGUK and "Overdue" and "Hannah Hold On", which I assume are albums from TGUK. But I have no idea because they're not a band I ever listened to. So basically this review has about two lines of remotely useful information. And it's a six! How did that make it onto the classic review area? Isn't this for good albums of yesteryear that we may have missed? Seems this wasn't missed but rightfully ignored. This review honestly says absolutely nothing. why are the get up kids infamous? yeah the review is disappointing due to the fact it never highlights the positives of the record. however, i still don't understand how "on a wire" is still as unfavourable as it is, it's up their with "four minute mile" as this band's best recordings. The first album is still their best by far...this one isnt nearly as good How does it compare to the first new amsterdams album? I was a huge fan of that one. This review is all about the get up kids but I think there's a lot of new amsterdams fans that don't love the get up kids. this is really good for what it is, it deserves much as more thn what you gave it guys spends more time talking about the get up kids. |
